Northwest Public Health Spring/Summer 2008

Volume 25 Number 1

Preventing Obesity: Moving Beyond Individual Responsibility

Reframing Obesity PreventionLaura Streichert, Donna Johnson, and Adam Drewnowski
Three guest editors from the UW School of Public Health and Community
Medicine bring their expertise in obesity prevention to consider the
social determinants of obesity and the intermediate factors that must
be addressed to stem the rising obesity rates.

Planning Ahead for Healthy CommunitiesJulie West
The author describes Public Health - Seattle & King County’s work
with other agencies and community groups to include health issues in
community development and planning.

Giving Community Voice to Health PromotionLeonie Sutherland and Dawn Weiler
The authors describe a community partnership to pilot a health
education project to address metabolic syndrome in an Idaho Hispanic
community.

Nurses on the Frontlines of Community HealthBetty Bekemeier
The author presents an historical overview of nurses’ involvement in
improving environmental health conditions and calls for increased
training in environmental health for nurse students.